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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 4:27 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2016, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
397
WWUS82 KFFC 062027
SPSFFC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
427 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
GAZ011-019-062115-
CHATTOOGA GA-FLOYD GA-
427 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHATTOOGA AND
SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 426 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GAYLESVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN.
IMPACT...PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S
LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO HYDROPLANING. ALSO...THE HEAVY
RAIN MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING OR ROAD PONDING
IN SLOW DRAINAGE AREAS. WHEN WATER COVERS THE
ROAD...REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
ROME...SUMMERVILLE...CAVE SPRING...LYERLY...BERRYTON...JAMES H. FLOYD
STATE PARK...CHATTOOGAVILLE...COOSA...LINDALE...HOLLAND AND SENEY.
LAT...LON 3449 8529 3410 8510 3410 8512 3408 8512
3408 8516 3410 8516 3410 8526 3408 8526
3408 8541 3409 8542 3447 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 347DEG 14KT 3435 8542
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Coweta | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Spalding | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Henry | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Newton | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.